* a funeral sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on September 10, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Text: Matthew 25:31-40 *************** Please pray with me, church: Holy Comforter, Our hearts are restless until they rest in you. Draw us close today, And send us your peace … Continue reading Constant
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on August 6, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 9th Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 9:1-5 + Matthew 14:13-21 *************** Please pray with me this morning: Holy Abundant God, You have generously blessed us, And call us … Continue reading Abundant Leftovers
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on July 9, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 5th Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 7:15-25a + Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30 *************** Please pray with me: Holy Comforter, Our lives are full of expectation, Maybe none more than … Continue reading Falling Gracefully
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on June 25, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the 3rd Sunday after Pentecost: Romans 6:1b-11 + Matthew 10:24-39 *************** Please pray with me: Holy God, We say we want peace, Yet true peace is hard to … Continue reading True Peace is Hard to Come By
* a sermon preached at New Hope Lutheran Church on Pentecost, June 4, 2017 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Texts for the Festival of Pentecost: Acts 2:1-21 + Psalm 104:24-34, 35b + 1 Corinthians 12:3b-13 + John 20:19-23 *************** This was a jointly preached sermon between one of … Continue reading One Spirit, One Community
* a sermon preached in class at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago on March 29, 2016 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Text: Luke 3:15-17, 21-22 *************** I sat staring at the screen, watching the cursor… … * blink * … * blink * … * blink *… I … Continue reading A Reasonably Full Account
* a sermon preached at Luther Memorial Church of Chicago on January 11, 2015 * Text: Matthew 3:1-17 *************** Please pray with me: Please pray with me. Living God, We are often forgetful people. Remind us and keep us mindful of who we are and whose we are in the waters of our baptism. In your most … Continue reading All In The Family
* a sermon preached at Luther Memorial Church of Chicago on May 17, 2015 * Since sermons are primarily intended to be heard, you can listen along here. Text: Romans 6:1-14 *************** Pray with me this morning: Cleanse us, and make us new, Holy One. Today, and every day. That your resurrection might be our hope, And hope … Continue reading Learning to Swim
* a sermon preached at Luther Memorial Church of Chicago on November 16, 2014 * Text: A Story from Isaiah (based on Isaiah 36:1-3, 13-20; 37:1-7; and 2:1-4) The King of Assyria came to Judah and sent a messenger to King Hezekiah in Jerusalem. The messenger called out to the people of Jerusalem, in their own language, … Continue reading Torn in Two
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